In Too Deep (Dive Team Investigations, #2)

by Lynn H. Blackburn

When the dive team is called in to recover a body from a submerged car, they aren't prepared to find an encrypted laptop--or an unsettling connection between investigator Adam Campbell and the dead accountant.

Adam turns to his friend Dr. Sabrina Fleming--a professor at the local university with unparalleled computer security and forensics skills--to recover the files from the laptop. But the deeper they dig, the deadlier the investigation becomes. When evidence uncovers a human trafficking ring and implicates members of Adam's own family, he and Sabrina will have to risk everything to solve the case.

The truth could set hundreds free--but someone is willing to do whatever it takes to silence anyone who threatens to reveal their secrets. Award-winning author Lynn H. Blackburn invites readers back to Carrington, North Carolina, where everything is not as it seems and sinister elements lurk behind the idyllic facade.

• ISBN13: 9781432859879
• Publish Date: 16 January 2019 (first published 6 November 2018)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 3 January 2024
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
• Imprint: Cengage Gale
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover (Library Binding)
• Language: English

Reviews

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What an exciting second book in the series! I really liked the first one, Beneath the Surface, but liked this one even more!

As a self-proclaimed wimp when it comes to all things scary and yucky, I have to again say how much I appreciate that author Lynn Blackburn has such balance in her stories, making them fully suspenseful and yet not dwelling on the gory and the depressing.

I loved the character of Sabrina, or Bri, as Adam called her. She was the brilliant, nerdy professor who assisted in the computer-related situations. So when a laptop was recovered from the submerged car of a woman who was suspected to be a murder victim, she was the one called in. Bri could have been made too perfect, she was, as I mentioned, super intelligent and she was beautiful. Yet again, the author had the right balance and gave her a social awkwardness that made her perfectly imperfect.

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Adam was captivated with Bri and had been since he met her several years earlier. Yet he didn’t feel like he was free to act on that attraction. I loved the way that once he realized he could, how awkward he was at first. And then he was just simply sweet in the way he wooed and cared for her. His jealousy when the “baby cops” were falling all over themselves around Bri and the fact that he considered these young officers as such was too cute! I also thought it was so sweet that though he was from such an important family in the community, was wealthy and poised in so many ways, he was insecure about letting Bri know he liked her.

The attraction between Adam and Bri practically sizzled off the page, and yet neither of them thought the other was interested in them that way. I was very impressed with the way the author wrote this so I could actually feel this as I read.

I have read other books that deal with the subject of human trafficking and found them very depressing and having unnecessary details. Again, I marveled at how the author gave due diligence to the subject without dragging the story into the mire of depression and depravity. And coming from the perspective of the people trying to make a difference rather than that of the victims was wonderful. I loved hearing their passion for righting the wrongs that had been done.

If you enjoy suspense and romance, don’t pass on this one!

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I was given a copy of this book for free. I was not required to give a favorable review nor was any money received for this review. All comments and opinions are my own.